Unboxing iPod Touch

This is a farewell gift for my sister who's flying off to Qatar next month. The purchase induced an intense morbid jealousy from my better half, LOL!

My only experience of iPod Touch was the touching sessions at MAChines outlets. The interface is superb, and with WiFi functionality it'll be an ideal music+video player for sis who would be a frequent flyer soon!

Turning on the Touch out of the box will bring up a screen that asks for a PC/Laptop USB connection with the latest version of iTune installed. No preview musics, videos, or games whatsoever. Blank! Blardy hell.

With that, I applied the screen protector and replaced everything back into the box. For RM1400, I get to experience the unboxing part of the iPod Touch. Woohoo... tears of blood oozing out already!

Langkawi Part 6: Finale

Finally, the final part of our Langkawi 2008 escapade, after a good 5-month delay. Enjoying my current week-long leave brings back good memories from the beach, so here goes:

We visited the Langkawi Underwater World, which is a far cry in terms of standards compared to UnderwaterWorld S'pore and Thailand. The entrance fees weren't cheap, but we enjoyed the tour nevertheless.

The man, pre-housemanship, when the myocytes and fibrils were still titanium-strong.

After 2 afternoons of sunbathing with half a bottle of Banana Boat's suntanning lotion washed down the drain, the result was a bit dismal. The mild tanning effect disappeared in a month's time!

On our last day on the island, we raided the duty-free shops for perfumes, chocolates, and hard (non-meconium-stained) liquor.

We got chocolates with authentic alcohol fillings for everyone. I bought a few miniatures of Martells for mummy dearest, and a huge kickass bottle of Martell Cordon Bleu at a kick ass price for future binging session.

To sum it up, the trip was an enjoyable and memorable one. Five months down the road after a gruelling housemanship O&G posting, I'm yearning for another beach trip! Redang anyone?!

Aaaahhh... bitch...

Click here for Langkawi Part 1-5.

Unboxing HTC Tytn II

Here it is, I'm baring my sexy naked lady for all to see!

Sliding off the outer cardboard reveals a solid black box with a silver HTC emblem on the top. The black boxing is secured by a magnetic flap, upon which if flipped, would reveal a sexy naked being...

The HTC Tytn II with Windows Mobile 6.1!

To those who are familiar with Tytn II, you may find the home screen (Today) shown above is not of the HTC Home plugin. The latest machines still do come installed with HTC Home, just that I've switched it to SPB Mobile Shell v2.1. It works wonders, more on it later.

For RM2400, the Tytn II came with a 4Gb microSD, a cool HTC pouch, and all the basic stuffs. The package also entitled me to have a Jabra bluetooth handsfree headset for free:

Since I have an iTech iClip bluetooth headset which could connect two phones simultaneously, I'm willing to let this macho-looking Jabra off to the highest bidder. So to those who are in need of serious machoism, move yer lazy arses and start bidding now! Price starts from RM70.

Ol' haggard Clie TH55, meet the new lady - Tytn II!

As with any of my previous gadgets, I'm quite anal about protection. Evidence, scroll up and look at my 3-year old Clie TH55. Instead of using the HTC pouch, which is just a belt clip, I bought a Dr. Ion pouch from Kinokuniya KLCC, which can be secured by a belt.

Wearing this brick-size gadget to work makes me look like "Bob-the-Builder".

Dr. Ion for Tytn II, Dr. Ion for W880i.

Can be worn with a belt, or strapped around a belt.

Installing SPB Mobile Shell and SPB Phone Suite turned the already strong Tytn to near invincible. Total invincibility would mean to slash the thickness to quarter its current thickness. The SPB Diary, SPB Insight, and SPB Backup are the other softwares from SPB that I'm also using in tandem with Mobile Shell. The SPB Diary enhances the PPC's PIM a lot, it doesn't matter anymore how strong Palm's PIM is.

Mobile Shell's screen gesture in action.

Map King GPS - awesomely accurate!

It comes preloaded with MalSing map, which covers West + East Malaysia and Singapore. It is gonna be handy come December during my trip to Singapore!

Here are some pictures taken by the Tytn II's 3.0MP camera:

This shot was taken during one of my weekend calls, when I had to be a hero and follow the ambulance to Kg. Medan where a mother gave birth to a baby at home, with the umbilical cord still intact. The hero slashed the hardened umbilical cord, and saved the mother from impending death. Yes, it occured in a construction site. And the mother was hidden deep inside a second-floor cave.

A caricature of my uncle and his soon-to-be bride on their wedding card. The BMW GS1100 Adventure does exist, I wonder if they're gonna use that for their wedding vehicle. Coolness if they do! I can follow them with my Orange Beast, LOL!

Patient A - both hands.

Patient A - close up.

Still Patient A - forearms.

You can offer your diagnosis if you like.
In conclusion, Tytn II rocks!

New Toy

Got myself a new toy over the weekend as my two-month salary invaded my bank account last week! This is a long overdue addition to my arsenal of gizmos, as my last PDA (Sony Clié TH55) is now a national antique.

Tytn II itself is not the latest product from HTC. The Diamond is. But what the hell, the specs between Tytn II and Diamond are about the same (latest Tytn II's are upgraded to WM 6.1), and Tytn II comes with a bad-ass looking qwerty keyboard! Machoism redefined!

Rumours had it that the Diamond equivalent of Tytn II, the HTC Touch Pro will hit the stores around year end. Sony's upcoming iPhone wannabe, Xperia X1 too, will be released around the same time. The impatient K.K. just couldn't wait that much longer, and bought the Tytn II for RM2400.

Coming up: Unboxing Tytn II

The Week So Far...

I reported for work at UMMC on Monday, and subsequently took the whole day off to get some paperwork done. Tuesday was the official working day! I was posted into O&G department. Despite the fact that O&G is a branch of medicine I'm not quite fond of, I got it for my Semester 10 exit exam (the index patient was a case of post-date, which was quite straight forward), and I get it for my first HO posting! WTF, I refuse to believe I'm fated to be an O&G specialist. *puke puke*

It's been a week so far, and I must say I'm enjoying my posting quite A LOT! Not that I've grown fond of O&G, not in a million years to come! Just that the department (Labour Ward) I'm currently in is very very relaxing. It's so chilling up to a point I just walk up and down the aisle doing nothing till I punch out of work on Wednesday, that's how free we were!

To start with, the current HOs are a bunch of steady kaki who are very fun to be with. They impart the essential knowledge for survival, and covered my fresh arse as well. Work typically starts at 0730hrs, lunch time could be as early as 1100hrs and stretch up till 1300hrs. Time off work is 1700hrs. I decided to tag on Thursday and managed to suture up two torn pussies (due to labour) and went home at 2100hrs. Also managed to hit the gym four times this week!

While most of my cohorts need to tag till at least 2300hrs everyday, weekends included, I got my Sunday off. And Saturday was from 0730 to 1030hrs! What a life... am enjoying this while I still can, till the current HOs get transferred out in about 1-2 mths time. Gonna pack my gym bag for tomorrow!

Convocation Photos

Heart Surgery

The heart, codenamed 4G15P

During my recent 65,000km service interval, my mechanic noticed the presence of engine oil and some carbon deposits on two of my spark plugs. The engine is consuming engine oil, he added casually, and further went on and said my 5-year old engine needed a top-overhaul!

Now you may have heard people saying their 10 or 20-year old car needed a total-overhaul, which practically includes dismantling the whole engine, fix all of the faulty components, and putting it back. What is top-overhaul then?

A top-overhaul on the other hand consists of just replacing the valve seals, head gaskets, valve cover gaskets, cleaning of the valve and reposition them. Usually, the mechanic would also replace the timing belt and have the water pump inspected. The quoted price for a top-overhaul ranges from RM500 - 2500, depending of the severity of wear and tear.

Valve seals

A friend of mine suggested to have only the valve seals replaced, because the cause of carbon depositing onto the spark plugs is usually hardened valve seals. Plus, my 4G15P is only 5 years old and had done a meagre 65,000km. Replacement of valve seals requires baring the top part of the engine block, a procedure similar to open-heart surgery but still less invasive than a top-overhaul. With that, I sent my car to my trusted mechanic for valve seal replacement today!

I stayed in the shop for a while, witnessing two valves being replaced successfully by the trusted mechanic's son (he is a suave 28-year old and constantly talking on his cellphone). As there are altogether 12 valves to be replaced, I walked to a nearby coffeeshop for a drink. Minutes later, my mechanic friend called. "Problem!", he said. His son accidentally dropped one of the valve deep into the heart chamber, rendering it irretrievable. He was supposed to engage a gear and cog the piston up to stop the valve from dropping, but apparently he was having some telephone-sex with someone! A supposedly 2-hour operation is stretched to 36-hours! What the heck, I get a top-overhaul done for the cost of valve-replacement, which is less than RM100! Am getting my car back in a few hours time!

Asian Festival Of Speed

A heavily modded Nissan Skyline GTR

My mechanic friend offered me two free tickets to Asian Festival Of Speed (AFOS '08) at Sepang when I went service my car last evening. I grabbed it without hesitation as we've nothing planned for Sunday!

Honda NSX of the GT Super Series

We saw these two fancy cars at the entrance - the Nissan Skyline GTR and Honda NSX with super wide bodies. These cars will be featured in the coming GT Super Series in June!

GT Super Series!

We reached quite early, at about 9.00 am. The place was still barren. Walking to the grandstand seems like an eternity when there's so few people around!

Grandstand area

The moment we stepped onto the staircase leading to the grandstand area, the blaring engine sound began to roar down the main straight of the Sepang circuit. That signalled the formation laps for the first race of the day - the Asian Touring Car Series (ATCS).

This race is dominated by the super-duper loud Porches, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis. There was a lone Lotus Elise too!

Two Porches battling it out

A black Ferrari

Ferrari retiring into the pit

Another Ferrari

Yet another Ferrari!

My favourite car, the Lamborghini Murcielago

It's not as fast or as loud as the froggy Porches, but it sure spells S-U-P-E-R-C-A-R!

Look how fast the Lamborghini zoom past, taken with the Hi-Speed Shutter turned off

Our "Kleenex" earplugs

Next was the ACTS 1500Max category. This category has an engine restriction of 1,500cc for all participating cars. There are strict regulations of engine and body modifications, except the cars' front bumpers and rear spoilers. These cars are not as loud as the previous category, and thus not as fast!

A 6th generation Honda Civic (without high-speed shutter)

Same car, with high-speed shutter

Satria Neo from the Proton Axle Racing Team

The same Neo, with high-speed shutter on

Another Civic

Safety car - BMW 3-Series (likely a kitted 325 Sports model)

We stayed on for the next race, the Formula V6 Asia. These cars looked and sounded like the real deal F1 cars! Fast and furious...


By the end of the race, my camera's battery is starting to go into total exhaustion. I thought I'd charged up my spare battery, but it went dead the moment I slotted it in! Damn tu-lan! The next race was equally exciting, featuring modded BMWs, Honda DC5s, the latest Civics, and a few Puntos and Mitsu Colts!

Leading the pack from pole was this white & blue BMW, driven by newbie Jack Lemvard. The sound produced by his car was almost melodious - soft whirring rocket turbine would best decribe it. I'm guessing it's the supercharger! None of the cars in the field sounded like this car. The DC5s sounded the worst! Lemvard went on to win the race, overtaken by an Integra a few times, but in the end stretched it to a few seconds of lead! Fantastic driving!

We left around noon. By then the crowd had started to get larger, more people are strolling in. We were hungry, there wasn't any foodstall there. I think I might go for the Super GT Series in June, with charged battery pack that is!